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Six Feet Underground
When my friend was a teenager, he started smoking pot.
If you're wondering if my friend is still alive, sadly, he's not.
The pot that he smoked led him to take worse drugs like Meth.
All John cared about was getting high and it caused his death.
He started doing Meth and other drugs because they made him get more high.
Those drugs gave him a bigger buzz than pot and that's what caused him to die.
If poor John had said no to drugs, he would still be walking around.
He died three years ago and now he's buried six feet underground.
I asked John to stop taking drugs but he wouldn't even try.
If you do drugs, your friends may also have to say goodbye.
Certain people may think that smoking pot can't lead people to take worse drugs but sometimes it can.
John was proof of that, doing drugs killed him three years ago today, he's a dead man.
If you're wondering if my friend is still alive, sadly, he's not.
The pot that he smoked led him to take worse drugs like Meth.
All John cared about was getting high and it caused his death.
He started doing Meth and other drugs because they made him get more high.
Those drugs gave him a bigger buzz than pot and that's what caused him to die.
If poor John had said no to drugs, he would still be walking around.
He died three years ago and now he's buried six feet underground.
I asked John to stop taking drugs but he wouldn't even try.
If you do drugs, your friends may also have to say goodbye.
Certain people may think that smoking pot can't lead people to take worse drugs but sometimes it can.
John was proof of that, doing drugs killed him three years ago today, he's a dead man.
Published 3rd Jun 2022
Author's Note
Dedicated to John W, Brown (1970-2019) who died 3 years ago today on June 3, 2019.
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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4th Jun 2022 00:15am
.....and people who smoke pot are (sadly) sometimes like religious extremists..........
15th Jun 2022 8:18pm
Sorry for your loss. I've ponded many hours about this and the label of it being
" the gateway drug " especially now as it shifts away from the reefer madness era into medical marijuana. As for me personally yes it was a gateway drug,I tried alcohol first but the aspect of alcohol being legal seemed to hinder my conviction for trying it. However as for pot not only the illegal aspect but my parents was firm about any of us boy's smoking pot so when I did I was strongly convinced and ashamed I'm the youngest of 6 and the only one to use anything one brother drinks occasionally but nothing serious. But once I took that first step experimenting or whatever you want to call it and continue to do so and devaluing my own self worth the sky was not the limit. So in this new era of medical marijuana I wonder how societies perception will be. I'm very well aware just because something is legal doesn't make it morally right but as adolescents that line is blurred and not made clear usually until we've grown up some what. I will say this though I regret ever embarking on this journey but in my experience marijuana is not addictive habit forming yes. Again I'm very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing this.
" the gateway drug " especially now as it shifts away from the reefer madness era into medical marijuana. As for me personally yes it was a gateway drug,I tried alcohol first but the aspect of alcohol being legal seemed to hinder my conviction for trying it. However as for pot not only the illegal aspect but my parents was firm about any of us boy's smoking pot so when I did I was strongly convinced and ashamed I'm the youngest of 6 and the only one to use anything one brother drinks occasionally but nothing serious. But once I took that first step experimenting or whatever you want to call it and continue to do so and devaluing my own self worth the sky was not the limit. So in this new era of medical marijuana I wonder how societies perception will be. I'm very well aware just because something is legal doesn't make it morally right but as adolescents that line is blurred and not made clear usually until we've grown up some what. I will say this though I regret ever embarking on this journey but in my experience marijuana is not addictive habit forming yes. Again I'm very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing this.
